Ditchford WeBS count

Hello

In very mild and blustery conditions, I completed a WeBS count at Ditchford Gravel Pits today, taking about seven hours to cover my section of about two thirds of this large complex.

Scarcer birds included a female Goosander, an aythya hybrid (Tufted Duck x ?), an adult Mediterranean Gull (Wilson's Pits), two Water Rails, three Jack Snipe, just a single Common Snipe, two Kingfishers, a male Stonechat, two Chiffchaffs and five Cetti's Warblers. The more notable counts of common wildfowl included 83 Shovelers and 341 Gadwall.

Regards

Neil M

Gadwall.

Shoveler.

Jack Snipe.